Improvement in corsets



UNITED STATES MINA SEBILLE, OF

PATENT QEEICE.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,964, dated September15, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MINA SEBILLE, ofthe city and State of New York, haveinvented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvementin Corsets for Ladies; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description ot' my said invention, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making` part Ot' this specitication,wherein- Figure l is a perspective view ot' my improved corset, and Fig.2 represents the various patterns employed in cutting out the materialfor said corsets.

Similar letters denote the same parts.

Corsets have heretofore been formed by cutting out tlat woven materialinto the proper shape and introducing` tapering` gores at the top andbottom parts.

rl`he nature of my said invention consists in pecu1iarly-shapedhip-pieces, formed otl two or more thicknesses of woven fabric quiltedtogether and introduced in such a manner in the corset that the saidhippieces accommo date themselves to the shape of the person more easilythan those corsets heretofore made, because the hip itself is notcontined by the corset, but is free to move in walking or changingposition of the body, and these hip-pieces of the corsets make theskirts set more gracefully, and sustain the weight of such skirts morecomfortably on the person than in the corsets hezetofore made. I alsointroduce quilted bosom-gores in a peculiar manner that renders thecorsets more comfortable at this part.

In the drawings, a a are the front pieces, cut out as indicated in Fig.2. b b are the back pieces. c c are the bosom-gores, and d d are thehip-pieces, the shapes of which are all illustrated in Fig. 2. The goresc c and hippieces d d are to be'formed of two or more thicknesses. Iprefer and use two thicknesses with a sheet ot' wadding between. Theseparts are to be united by-quiltingor stitching', as indicated, and thenintroduced at the respective parts Ot' a and b and united therein bystitching. rIhe length of the hip-piece around the side l 2 3 is to begreater than that of the corresponding portions, 4 5 6, of a and b, inorder that it may be slightly fulled or gathered as introduced, whichmode has the eii'ect ot' causing the hip-piece to set out from thecorset as a curved segment, and in use this sets above and around thehip, allowing` ample room for the hip, and making theskirts set outhandsomely. The bosom-gores c care introduced as shown, and have theettect of setting out the corset at this point, and l introduce astiening of whalebone or similar material at the tongue 7, between thebosomgores c c.

The corset is to be provided with bones or stiftening-ribs of whaleboneor similar material, as usual, and is to be made to lace and clasp, asrepresented.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Thehip-pieces dd, quilted and introduced in thelower portions Ot' thesides of the corset below and between the parts c and b, in the mannerand for the purposes specified.

2. The quilted bosom-gores c c, introduced in the front piece, c, ot thecorset with the tongue 7 between them, as set forth.

ln witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 25th day ofJuly, 1863.

MINA SEBILLE.

Witnesses:

LEMUEL W. SERRELL, THOs. GEO. HAROLD.

